A Chinese yellow-ground octagonal famille rose 'dragon' bottle vase

Reference: ART1001654

The vase is decorated with a large puce-enamelled dragon coiled around the body of the vase chasing a flaming pearl and bats amongst ruyi cloud-scrolls above foaming waves. The rim is decorated with a band of ruyi-heads and flowers and a scroll band to the foot. The interior and base glazed turquoise. The base.with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark.